Bitcoin exchange shuts after heist

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Bitcoin exchange shuts after heist

Bitcoin exchange Bitfloor has suspended its operations while it tries to figure out who pinched 24,000 units of the virtual currency by accessing an unencrypted backup and using information it contained to transfer 24,000 BTC to destinations unknown. In a post on the Bitcoin Forum, Bitfloor founder Roman Shtylman said he has shut down the Exchange because: “Last night, a few of our servers were compromised. As a result, the attacker gained accesses to an unencrypted backup of the wallet keys (the actual keys live in an encrypted area). Using these keys they were able to transfer the coins. This attack took the vast majority of the coins BitFloor was holding on hand. As a result, I have paused all exchange operations. Even tho only a small majority of the coins are ever in use at any time, I felt it inappropriate to continue operating not having the capability to cover all ...

Full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/05/bitfloor_heist/

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